World Obesity Day observed globally on 4th March.

Why in news?

• World Obesity Day is observed every year on March 04. It is observed to spread awareness about obesity and encourage action towards its elimination.
• The day is organised by the World Obesity Federation, a non-profit body that is in official relations with the World Health Organisation.
• The theme of World Obesity Day 2022 is ‘Everybody Needs to Act’. The campaign aims to improve the world’s understanding, prevention and treatment of obesity.
• Significance-Obesity is one of the biggest health crises in the world, affecting 800 million people with millions more at risk, according to worldobesity.org.
• Background: World Obesity Day goes way back to the year 2015,wherein a non-profit organization worked closely with World Health Organisation and Lancet Commission in helping spread awareness.
• Later in 2016,the focus was shifted to childhood obesity, while later in 2017, the idea was to treat obesity now and avoid consequences later.